Many studies have shown this increase in risk - likely due to higher rates of stress, poverty, etc.
Growing up among the high-rises, smog and bustling streets of a city may significantly increase the risk of psychotic episodes such as hearing voices and paranoia, a new study has shown.
Teenagers raised in major cities in England and Wales were 40 per cent more likely to have had psychotic experiences than those living in a rural environment.
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